The US Department of Transportation wants some oversight of navigation apps. “A proposed bill would grant the National Highway Safety Administration the right to issue guidelines on the functionality of navigation apps that could potentially be a threat to driver safety and force changes to apps that don’t comply with the guidelines, the New York Times reports.”

Wired takes a look at Google’s “Loon” project, one year later. “When Google announced Project Loon on June 15 last year, a lot of people were skeptical. But Google reports that since then, it has been able to extend balloon flight times and add mobile connectivity to the service. As a result, Google’s expectations are flying even higher than the 60,000-foot strata where its balloons live.”

Yahoo has launched Yahoo Beauty. I got this far — “This is a beauty magazine unlike any other. The first thing you’ll notice is the stunning photos and videos…” thought wait, what? and gave up. Good afternoon, Internet…

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